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Checklist for Family Melandryidae Leach, 1815 (False Darkling Beetle)
and region Tasmania (Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
517
4089
8321
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
513
4082
8315
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
493
4035
8248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
338
3289
7100
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
101
1194
2566
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
94
1045
2166
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
58
628
1265
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
18
118
190
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelandryidae
Leach, 1815
False Darkling Beetle, False darkling beetles
6
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tasmania
6 Genera with 16 Species
Callidircaea Champion, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Ctenoplectron Redtenbacher, 19202SpeciesTaxom
Megapselaphus Gemminger, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Orchesia Latreille, 19209SpeciesTaxom
Phloiotrya Stephen, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Talayra Champion, 19162SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tasmania
16 Species
Callidircaea venusta Champion, 1895
Ctenoplectron agile Champion, 1895
Ctenoplectron sericeum Lea, 1920
Megapselaphus venusta Champion, 1895
Orchesia (Orchesia) alphabetica Lea, 1925
Orchesia (Orchesia) austrina Champion, 1895
Orchesia (Orchesia) bryophila Lea, 1920
Orchesia (Orchesia) eucalypti Lea, 1920
Orchesia (Orchesia) medioflava Lea, 1920
Orchesia (Orchesia) minima Lea, 1920
Orchesia (Orchesia) minuta Lea, 1908
Orchesia (Orchesia) pictipennis Lea, 1920
Orchesia (Orchesia) wellingtoniana Lea, 1920
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) velutina Champion, 1895
Talayra elongata MacLeay, 1873
Talayra sericata Champion, 1916

Subnodes of Melandryidae with occurrences in Tasmania
SubfamilyMelandryinae
Leach, 1815
5
15
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Melandryidae at artfakta.se
Melandryidae at dyntaxa.se
Melandryidae at gbif.org
Melandryidae at irmng.org
Melandryidae at itis.gov